When author Michael Morpurgo learned about the British Army’s practice of executing its own soldiers during the First World ...
We all know the stories of the horror of trench warfare in the First World War. Waves of soldiers clambering out of their trenches into a hail of gunfire and nests of barbed wire strewn across ...
A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in World War One seeking the help of Spain's King Alfonso ...
By 1917, the British Army could do this within a few ... then known as the Great War still resonate with serving soldiers today. WW1: Did the machine-gun save lives? documentWW1: Did the machine ...
The bodies of five British soldiers killed in the First World War have been found in a network of trenches at Ypres, Belgium. More than 80 years after their deaths, archaeologists discovered the ...
Dan Snow describes the food rations supplied for British soldiers during WW1 and compares these with what German soldiers had. The value of different foods is touched on and we learn that ...
In a ‘living memorial’ to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared at stations and in city centres all over the country. In towns and cities ...
He worked with Brasserie de Silly to create a coppery, red British beer to satisfy the thirst of his fellow soldiers. After the war, Sgt Payne married his Belgian sweetheart Emilie Timmermans ...
The bronze work in Smethwick honours service personnel of all faiths from the Indian subcontinent who fought for Britain during WW1 and other ... a fifth of the British Indian Army," she said.